Vietnam police arrest 6 people for allegedly trafficking women to China to work as sex slaves

HANOI — Police in northern Vietnam have arrested six people for allegedly
trafficking 21 women and teenagers to China to work as sex slaves.

The state-run Labor newspaper says the ring allegedly promised the victims
they would be given jobs in China, but were instead sold to brothels for 10
million dong ($500) to 15 million dong ($750) each.

he paper says 20 of the victims managed to escape to Vietnam or were rescued
by authorities.

Tuesday’s report says the ring leader was 22-year-old Ngo Thi Hung Trang,
who herself was trafficked to China in 2008. It says she ran a brothel in China
and colluded with five other ring members, aged 20-27, to sell the victims.

More than 2,400 Vietnamese women were trafficked to China between 2004 and
2009, according to the Ministry of Public Security.